Falstaff is a character in many plays by
William Shakespeare. Round and glorious, Shakespeare wrote the part for his second comedian, a fat man (Name?), who played at bold, baudy humor of a John Candy sort. Flush with flatuelent humor, Falstaff still managed to embody a kind of depth common to Shakespeare's tricky comedy. In the scene that describes his death in [Henry V]
? (reference?) he is discovered by the barlady [Mistress Quickly]
? who describes his body in terms that echo the description of the death of
Socrates.
He figures prominently in:
- [Henry IV pt one]?
- [Henry IV pt two]?
- [Henry V]?
There is a LOT to say about him. Would someone like to start?
Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, an [opera buffa]?, is based
on (...) and it's called also Falstaff?
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